Boxing

It's difficult to take what Bethe Correia is saying seriously. The unbeaten Brazilian has a Saturday night fight in Rio de Janeiro with Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, who's also unbeaten. "I'm not worried. . . . I don't have to respect anything she's going to do in there because I'm going to be imposing my game and overcome anything that she can do in there," Correia said. "I don't have to think about anything she's doing." Rousey has ended all but one of her 11 fights in the first round, including her most recent bout, against another big-talking challenger, Cat Zingano, who tapped out in...

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